Ricky Yahn was named Villa Maria College Head Men's Basketball Coach in the spring of 2026 and Villa Maria College Athletic Director the following summer.
Yahn spent more than a decade with the Men's Basketball Team at Concordia University (Ann Arbor, Mich.) from 2013 through 2025. He served in a dual role as an Assistant Athletics Director for the Cardinals in his final four seasons.
Prior to that Yahn spent time as a Men's Basketball Assistant Coach with stops at Longwood University, Saint Vincent College and Cornell University. Yahn entered collegiate coaching after spending a season as a Video Coordinator at Geoge Mason University.
As a former men's collegiate basketball player, Yahn was a First-Team All-League pick and team Most Valuable Player at Wheeling Jesuit University, where he was a two-year Captain.
After his collegiate career, Yahn spent time playing professionally in England and Buffalo.
Since his hiring at Villa, Yahn was named to the Wheeling University Athletics Hall of Fame for a standout career with the Cardinals.
Yahn helped the Wheeling Men's Basketball team to back-to-back NCAA D2 Tournament appearances, when the team was a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) and known as Wheeling Jesuit University.
At Wheeling, Yahn ranks 13th all-time in scoring with nearly 1,500 points, and helped the Cardinals win the WVIAC in 2005. Yahn received First team WVIAC honors his senior year, and is the program's all-time leader in made 3-pointers and 3-point percentage.
Yahn holds an MBA from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wheeling Jesuit University.
